KBRA Releases Research — Residential Solar ABS: Performance Divergence Between Loan and Lease Structures

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA releases a research report that examines the structural differences between solar loan and lease collateral, compares securitized credit performance, and analyzes the drivers of divergence. The residential solar ABS sector has experienced a meaningful bifurcation in performance between loan-backed and lease-backed transactions. While both structures are exposed to consumer credit and energy market dynamics, solar loan ABS transactions have experienced weakening credit performance, whereas solar lease ABS transactions have remained broadly stable.

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